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Samsung manages to beat on earnings despite 84% drop in Q2 net profit
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics 005930, +1.29% posted above-consensus quarterly earnings despite an 84% drop in net profit for the second quarter, as the South Korean tech giant sees the memory-chip industry passing through a trough. The world’s largest manufacturer of memory chips, smartphones and televisions said Thursday that it expects global demand for technology products and…
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Everything coming Netflix in August 2023 — and what’s leaving
[ad_1] Netflix has a fairly sedate lineup for August 2023. The hit queer romantic comedy “Heartstopper” (Aug. 3) is back for its second season, as classmates/couple Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) prepare for prom and head abroad to Paris. Season 1 earned critical praise and an adoring fanbase, and Season 2 promises more…
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Fed no longer foresees a U.S. recession — and other things we learned from Powell’s press conference
[ad_1] The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest level in 22 years, in order to combat “elevated” inflation. With financial markets and economists widely expecting that rate move, the focus was on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s one-hour session with reporters, which followed. Here…
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ServiceNow’s stock gains on doubling of earnings, strong subscription sales forecast
[ad_1] ServiceNow Inc.’s stock was gaining 2% in extended trading Wednesday after the software company reported quarterly earnings more than doubled on strong subscription sales. “That’s the economics of the cloud,” ServiceNow Chief Executive Bill McDermott said in an interview Wednesday. “What’s incredible is we have a 99% renewal rate.” The software company NOW, -0.88%…
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Netflix attacked for posting AI jobs that pay $900K while writers, actors strike
[ad_1] Among the many reasons why Hollywood actors have joined screenwriters in a historic industry-stopping strike are calls for better pay, plus greater protections against the rise of artificial intelligence in developing scripts or using artist’s likenesses in movie and TV productions. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Netflix NFLX, -1.18% is catching…
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I’m a single parent with 2 kids, and owe $27,000 after being scammed. What now?
[ad_1] I’m a single parent with two kids, and fell victim to an online dating scam. I have no legal recourse as I did this on my own, thinking I was helping someone. My credit has now tanked. I owe $17,000 on one credit card, and I have two loans of $5,000 each. I have my…
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Nvidia estimates ‘may prove conservative’ as Microsoft, Google mentions of AI more than double
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. mentioned “AI” so many times on their earnings conference calls that one bullish Nvidia Corp. analyst is beginning to think his above-consensus estimates may be too conservative. Jefferies analyst Mark Lipacis, who has a buy rating on Nvidia NVDA, -0.79%, noted that mentions of artificial intelligence on both Microsoft’s…
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World Cup: What time does the USWNT play? How much do the players make?
[ad_1] The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is well underway in what is expected to be the biggest sporting event of the summer. The tournament favorite, the United States Women’s National Team, plays its second game on Wednesday against the Netherlands at 9 p.m. Eastern — which will be a rematch of the 2019 Women’s…